88. PHRYGILUS. 795 



k. S ad.sk. Islay, May 10, 1867 (H. W.). Sclater Coll. 



I, m. tf ad.et juv. Arequipa, Peru, July 2, 1867 Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



sk. (H. W.). 



n. J ad. sk. Huanta, Peru (Jelski). Sclater Coll. 



c . $ ad. sk. Riobaruba, Ecuador, .Dec. 1858 Sclater Coll. 



(L. Fritter), 



p. <5 ad. sk. Punin, Ecuador, June 1858 Sclater Coll.- 



(L. Fraser). 



q, r. cJ ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador (C. Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



», t. 6 $ ad. st. Valparaiso {C. Darwin). Voy.H. M.S. 'Beagle.' 



10. Phrygilus plebeius. 



Pbrygilus plebeius, Cab. Arch. f. Naturg. x. p. 290 (1844) ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 476 (1850) ; Tschudi ty Cab. Faun. Peruan., Aves, p. 219, 



pi. PJ. fig. 1 (1855) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 87 ; id. # Salv. P. Z. S. 



1868, p. 568; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 89, no. 7316 (1870) ; Scl. $ 



Salu. Nomencl, Av. Neotr, p. 31 (1873) ; Berl. $ Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1884, p. 294; Tacz. Orn. Perm, iii. p. 39 (1884); Scl. P. Z. S. 



1886, p. 397. 

 Phrygilus ocularis {nee Scl.), Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 520, 1879, p. 229, 



1882, p. 17. 



Adult male. General colour above ashy brown, all the feathers 

 broadly centred with black, producing a streaked appearance ; lower 

 back and rum]) more ashy grey, the black centres less distinct ; 

 lesser wing-coverts ashy grey ; median coverts blackish, rather 

 broadly edged with ashy grey ; greater coverts blackish, externally 

 brown, ashy whitish towards the ends ; bastard-wing, primarj-- 

 coverts, and quills blackish brown, edged with ashy grey, more 

 hoary on the primaries; upper tail-coveits slaty grey, the long ones 

 black with ashy edges ; tail-feathers blackish brown, margined with 

 ashy brown ; crown of head and hind neck like the back, and 

 mottled like the latter, the mesial spots being smaller ; lores and a 

 narrow eyebrow pale ashy grey, the latter decidedly lighter; eyelid 

 white ; feathers below the eye and car-coverts ashy brown, with a 

 hoary shade on the former ; cheeks, throat, and under surface of 

 body pale ashy grey, inclining to ashy brown on the sides of neck, 

 fore neck, breast, and abdomen, the latter becoming whiter towards 

 the vent ; sides of body, flanks, and thighs brown ; under tail- 

 coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries ashy grey, with 

 whitish edges ; quills below dusky brown, ashy along the inner 

 edge. Total length 5'4 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 3, tail 2, 

 tarsus 0'75. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but rather more coarsely 

 streaked with black above ; the ear-coverts browner and not so 

 ashy as in the male ; under surface pale ashy, browner on the 

 sides of the body, which are narrowly streaked with blackish 

 brown ; the fore neck and sides of upper breast distinctly streaked 

 with blackish brown. 



Young male. Greatly resembles the old female, but is more 

 thickly streaked with blackish brown on the throat and remainder 



